Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case United Republic of joined together at the bottom

joined together at the bottom by a blue enameled ribbon bearing a silvered Russian Cyrillic inscription

A holster for a Wehrmacht-issue Walther P38 pistol

Kriegstagebuch Russland 1943 (Wartime Diary Russia 1943)

inscribed “Deutscher Adlerorden I

which did not appear in the original edition of 1880

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case United Republic of joined together at the bottom(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a